In nuce

Joshua Bell, the violin virtuoso who literally fills up every hall he plays in, regardless of it’s location, played for nearly 45 minutes in a Washington DC metro, and ended up collecting $32.17, and turning a few heads and seven listeners actually paused to listen to his sublime notes…..

Here is the washington post original article > Pearls before breakfast

This brings much ye old debates out in the open…. IF A GREAT MUSICIAN PLAYS GREAT MUSIC BUT NO ONE HEARS . . . WAS HE REALLY ANY GOOD?

does beauty indeed lie in the eye of the beholder or is it inherent? or, is it just as the article above says, is it about the priorities that have changed? or, is it about a people driving ahead for finding the next meal, worrying about the next car, paying the next mortgage for the house? I really do not know.

Cheers,
Laks

UPDATE: Gene Weingarten wins the Pulitzer (feature-writing) for this Washington Post article.
http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2008/feature-writing/

To go faster, slow down. Everybody who knows about orbital mechanics understands that. - Scott Cherf

What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare.– from “Leisure,” by W.H. Davies